We finally had the opportunity to pull together a layout using all 3 products this past week. Below you'll see a bit of Streets, a dash of Buildings and a snortel of Sewers (I don't recommend snorteling sewers!)

USAGE NOTES:

Streets: In terms of the Streets used in the below photos, what you see there is less than one box. There are a few city infrastructure walls from Streets scattered throughout, elevating buildings and generally supporting the ramped street section. We hope to have more streets dedicated shots later next week.

Buildings: The Buildings used in the overview shot represents just under 2 boxes. There remained a healthy mix of roofing, walls, tiles, ladders, stairs in the left overs pile.

Of course, this is all sitting on top of the Sewers layout which we previewed for you last week

HOW MUCH IS IN EACH BOX?

Below these photos you'll find a breakdown of contents for each product which will help you determine your mileage. Because TerraClips allows you the freedom to design any layout, as high or as low as desired, it can be challenging to sum up what you can do with the product. What we're showing you here is where you can ultimately take your layouts with just a couple boxes of each product (with a ton of leftovers mind you).

We hope to further clarify how far you can push an individual box of content in coming weeks. You can expect a long and thorough range of overview support in the form of tutorials and general community support as we move forward.

We'll get there eventually

DON'T FORGET TO ORDER CLIPS!

Remember; clips are NOT included with the core product so don't forget to order your TerraClips Connector Combo Pack. Each connector pack comes with 40 t-clips, 40 i-clips and 40 L-clips and retails for $18.00 USD. We used approximately 1 box per product to achieve the large layout we're showing (so about 6 clip boxes total). There's nothing more frustrating than running out of the right clips so always err on the side of more clips.

What are those counters I see ?looks like corpse scrap some kind of a neverborn faction counter. Are you making these as well?I would buy a malifaux counter set the second it went up.

You caught our little secret bonus. We've included Malifaux tokens in every set which match the underlying terrain textures. There's even blank token punch outs that you can use for basing your miniatures so that they match the terrain.

The neat thing about them is that they are general enough to be used in other games as well.

Though initially we were playing with a freebie promotion (last year), we always intended on selling clips separately. Ultimately, the clips needed to be handled separately in their own self contained box so that they wouldn't damage other elements during shipping. Factor in various costs to make that all happen and the promotion was no longer cost effective for us.

These sets just win hands down against almost any other terrain out there. If one was to go Plaster + Molds; an investment cost of the parts would really be equal or surpass. Of course that is not even factoring in casting time, building and painting... then there is the storing of the buggers.
The same rule of thumb applies to scratch built - the sourcing, building, rebuilding, painting and then... storing.

Again even if you plan the two above options to be modular there is still a high amount of inflexibility in the units.

This is not to say that either of the above is not a valid option nor am I saying that they are lesser products - I love me some molds and blocks - just for On the Table - Right Here/ Right Now TerrainClips has it down pat.

Just think of trying to do a sewers layout as expansive in Dwarven Forge.... Man, most of use would be wearing red hand prints for weeks after we told our wives (or wife if your lucky) how much we ponied and were we plan on storing this.

My consumer fantasy for this is for BattleFoam to come along and produce some storage options so a person could store/tote a whole gaming world in a bag under their arm.

Well, we're still not giving firm commitments but we've been talking it over with Wyrd and everyone thinks we have a decent shot at proceeding with follow-up releases. We still have to see how things pan out after this initial launch but so far its looking promising.

Just spit-balling here but I see a castle and a dungeon in everyone's future.... We're looking at a lot of potential candidates. Everything from continued Malifaux support to Sci-fi and modern lines as well as various accessories. Long story short, if all goes well you can expect a fairly aggressive effort to support various gaming genres as soon as humanly possible.

I hope this is as successful as I think it will be.
If you take a look at the Malifaux encounter generation tables the amount of storage needed to have all terrain types both indoor and outdoor to play the game with all options, I would need to rent another house to store it all in with traditional scenery.
I cant wait to see your future releases of Hags territory and Guild dungeon.
Oh and I know youve got to be already full of ideas for Collette's theatre.

As a plaster and mold builder mostly I love the flexibility and portability of Terraclips. I will definitely be getting at least 1 of each set, more if they don't sell out right away. I don't really need a dungeon set as my plaster dungeons are easy to set up, are fully modular and don't take up that much space. Though if the dungeons are unique enough I'll likely put in for one. The castle I could use because it's nice to have multiple castle types and I doubt yours will be the simple field stone style I built.

Also there's a misspelling in the O.P. under the "Don't forget to order the clips" section.

you wrote "so always air on the side of more clips" it should be "so always err on the side of more clips". not trying to be picky, just trying to help.

We've got a lot planned in terms of exploring what the product can do so I'll be sure to attempt to show weight tolerance as well. The punchboard itself is about 1.7mm thick and is very rigid, so it can handle quite a bit. Ultimately it comes down to how you plan your build and ensuring you have proper load bearing support where its needed.

Not including clips in the starting sets seems... short sighted. I realize that the cardstock and the clips almost certainly come from different manufacturers, but I foresee trouble because of it.

I expect that you will be getting a good deal of flack over that - folks will be upset that they cannot use the terrain right out of the box, and will not think to order clips ahead of time. Opening reviews will almost certainly suffer for the lack.

Not from the expense of needing to purchase clips, mind, but the inconvenience, though expense will be cited. I predict that some retail outlets will get the terrain in but neglect to order clips. Raise the price as necessary, but include the clips - trust me on this. Heck, make a terrain/clip combo and declare the sets without clips as an economic expansion choice for folks who have already ordered sets with clips.

Not including clips in the starting sets seems... short sighted. I realize that the cardstock and the clips almost certainly come from different manufacturers, but I foresee trouble because of it.

I expect that you will be getting a good deal of flack over that - folks will be upset that they cannot use the terrain right out of the box, and will not think to order clips ahead of time. Opening reviews will almost certainly suffer for the lack.

Not from the expense of needing to purchase clips, mind, but the inconvenience, though expense will be cited. I predict that some retail outlets will get the terrain in but neglect to order clips. Raise the price as necessary, but include the clips - trust me on this. Heck, make a terrain/clip combo and declare the sets without clips as an economic expansion choice for folks who have already ordered sets with clips.

The Auld Grump, getting in touch with his inner Eyeore.

Seconded. + + + + +

The need to satisfy with a single, out of the box purchase is just too important. All it takes is one overworked sales staff to forget to say that clips are required and you have a dissatisfied customer.

Doesn't matter how great the product is, customer perception of a product is set by their first experience with it - mess that up at your peril.

The packaging of the tiles doesn't shout out that clips are required.
Therefore, you need to find a way to robustly package clips with the sets, so they are always sold as pairs.

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